DNS and DMZ help needed

David A. Bandel david
Mon May 17 11:53:52 PDT 2004


On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:17:56 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
"John C. Voigt" <jcvoigt at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm in the process of setting up our network at work, as the Feds
> unplugged our old one. We have a Cisco PIX 515 firewall (not ours)
> between the router and our LAN with a DMZ port. 
> 
> I have a DNS server in the DMZ to answer external queries. DNS is
> NATted from an external IP (68.72.56.147) to the DMZ
> (192.168.100.0/24). The DNS is supposed to answer queries from the
> outside address, and allow zone transfers to our off-site secondary.
> The strange thing is that a query to the DNS server from itself
> (poplar.reclamation.dnr.state.in.us) gives it's correct address
> (68.72.56.147). From our secondary and other nameservers "out there",
> it resolves to it's DMZ address, which of course,  is non-routable.
> 
> Any help to point me in the right direction on how to correct this
> would be most appreciated.

I assume you're doing split horizon.  Which DNS server?  If BIND9, what
are entries for your differing views?

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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